Table 5.

Correlation between LunX mRNA in the peripheral blood and clinical factor in NSCLC patients

Clinical factor	Positive cases/total cases
Sex
P value	0.461
Male	22/31 (71.0%)
Female	11/13 (84.6%)
Age
P value	0.425
≤ 60	7/11 (63.6%)
> 60	26/33 (78.8%)
Pathologic Type
P value	0.482
Squ	18/26 (69.2%)
Ade	13/16 (81.3%)
LCLC	2/2 (100%)
Pathologic Stage
P value	0.010
I	3/8 (37.5%)
II	5/8 (62.5%)
III	11/14 (78.6%)
IV	14/14 (100%)

P values were calculated using χ² test.